The Mellotron Group

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@...> wrote:
>
> Just ordered this tape set from the gentlemen at Streetley. Anyone have experience withe the first two sounds on an M400. i played the M300B strings on an M300 and really liked them and I've been looking for a nice full, expressive viola track. I'm psyched!
>

From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Nanook of the North - Little Guardian
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 7:36 AM

Mattias, that was a very cool video. Who did it? I liked the song as well.

Frank

In a message dated 8/26/2010 4:12:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Mattias.olsson5@comhem.se writes:

Hey hey,

Heres a little video for Nanook of the norths song, Little Guardian.

Most of the instruments are “real” on this one but there is of course some oddness...Vako Orchestron Choir on the verses and Mellotron String Section on the Choruses...and Mellotron vibes on the last chord of course...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9B9BuSVz3Q

Take care,

// Mattias

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Bernie,
> I have been using the weird M300 Strings and they are pretty mellow on the high end too. They also have those weird few cello notes on the low end where the split on the M300 String section would have occurred. Hoping to use the M300B for some soft string chordal work- love the sound on "Watching and Waiting"!
> On Aug 26, 2010, at 12:39 PM, tron400 wrote:
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> > Tom,
> >
> > The M300B is the solo violin. Do you mean the M300A? I think both sound fine on an M400, although the M300B was pretty mellow sounding (not a lot of high end). Haven't tried the Cyndee Lee Rule Viola, but I like what I heard on the library website and in some of Mike D's arrangements.
> >
> > Bernie
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just ordered this tape set from the gentlemen at Streetley. Anyone have experience withe the first two sounds on an M400. i played the M300B strings on an M300 and really liked them and I've been looking for a nice full, expressive viola track. I'm psyched!
> > >
> >
> >
>

On 26/08/2010 09:12, mattias wrote:

Hey hey,

Heres a little video for Nanook of the norths song, Little Guardian.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3157786/YELLOWSNOW%5B1%5D.swf


Mike

On 26/08/2010 16:41, Tom Doncourt wrote:

Just ordered this tape set from the gentlemen at Streetley. Anyone have experience withe the first two sounds on an M400. i played the M300B strings on an M300 and really liked them and I've been looking for a nice full, expressive viola track. I'm psyched!

Well...I asked Cyndee to record the new viola as I felt the sound on the original viola was beautifully played but terribly recorded. It's on mellotronworks in Mars and Tallis. I really like it (though I am admittedly biased).

-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ 
Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson                  
Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson   
Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks

Good stuff, Mattias. The video complements the song well, very creative. As if a child's school project diorama came alive (and dad, the video creator, was there to film it, of course).
I think I heard a tron choir in there somewhere, low in the mix. Nice.

-Bruce Daily


--- On Thu, 8/26/10, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Nanook of the North - Little Guardian
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 7:36 AM

Mattias, that was a very cool video. Who did it? I liked the song as well.
Frank

In a message dated 8/26/2010 4:12:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Mattias.olsson5@comhem.se writes:

Hey hey,

Heres a little video for Nanook of the norths song, Little Guardian.

Most of the instruments are “real” on this one but there is of course some oddness...Vako Orchestron Choir on the verses and Mellotron String Section on the Choruses...and Mellotron vibes on the last chord of course...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9B9BuSVz3Q

Take care,

// Mattias

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, mattias <Mattias.olsson5@...> wrote:
>
> Hey hey,
>
> Heres a little video for Nanook of the norths song, Little Guardian.
>
> Most of the instruments are ³real² on this one but there is of course some
> oddness...Vako Orchestron Choir on the verses and Mellotron String Section
> on the Choruses...and Mellotron vibes on the last chord of course...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9B9BuSVz3Q
>
> Take care,
>
> // Mattias
>

On 26/08/2010 21:17, Tom Doncourt wrote:

What I can pick out of the viola parts on your version of The Vaughn Williams piece is just the right sound. I used the old viola sound for a while but it had a strange tone (upper mids?) I couldn't get along with.

http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/tron/clrviola.mp3

A better example.

Just Because. :-)

-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ 
Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson                  
Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson   
Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks

> On 26/08/2010 21:17, Tom Doncourt wrote:
>>
>> What I can pick out of the viola parts on your version of The Vaughn
>> Williams piece is just the right sound. I used the old viola sound for
>> a while but it had a strange tone (upper mids?) I couldn't get along
>> with.
>>
>
> http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/tron/clrviola.mp3
>
> A better example.
>
> Just /Because/. :-)
>
> --
> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
>
> Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/
> Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson
> Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
> Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
> Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks
>
>

On 30/08/2010 21:02, Thomas C. Doncourt wrote:

Yes, that has just the right amount of bite and body to it. You must
either have a remarkable ear or a high tolerance for torture to pick all
of this music off!! Very enjoyable, thanks for the "sample'.

You missed out 'knowing what key to play in to avoid all the wobbly notes', I think.

Mike